I took my new bike out for a long ride in the Suzhou countryside this afternoon. Juliana and I set out at 3:00 on our bikes for her friend's house at the "Seviar Expert Villas" south of Golden Lough. Juliana was attending a birthday party sleepover. After dropping her off, I continued south past the last SIP high rises, looking for some of the rustic Chinese countryside that cannot be far away.I found some nice small towns, rice farms, and attractive scenery with lots of green fields, ponds, waterways, and workboats. It was quite interesting. Unfortunately, many nice scenes are marred by litter, smelly piles of open garbage on the roadside, and people living in quite primitive and filthy conditions. It seems that life in the Suzhou countryside is a beautiful and simple, but not prosperous life.
1 comment:
Hey there Tony, stumbled on your blog. Just wondered, the church in SIP, Suzhou - is it a Catholic church? If not, where can one find a Catholic church in Suzhou?
Jo
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